A construction company under investigation for tender fraud and corruption in the North West has scored a R8 million contract in Limpopo. Roads Agency Limpopo (RAL), a provincial parastatal, awarded Ndhuna Civil Engineering Services the multi-million contract to re-gravel the road between Ga-Mokgwathi and Dzumeri in Mopani in May this year. The contractor abandoned multimillion… Continue reading Corruption-Accused Ndhuna Scores Big In Limpopo
Author: MAHASHA RAMPEDI
“Kill the Boer” Furore Exposes The Irrationality of White Fears As A Determining Factor In SA Politics
John Steenhuisen, the DA Leader, was three months old when the apartheid police massacred Hector Pieterson and other youths on June 16, 1976. His fellow DA leader, Federal Council Chairperson Helen Zille, was 25 and working as a journalist at the Rand Daily Mail. Their fellow traveller Kallie Kriel, the Afriforum CEO and face of… Continue reading “Kill the Boer” Furore Exposes The Irrationality of White Fears As A Determining Factor In SA Politics
North West Tender Declared Unlawful, Set Aside
THE Mahikeng High Court has declared unlawful and set aside a R44m tender awarded by the North West Department of Public Works and Roads for constructing a road at Mmakaunyane village outside Tshwane. African Times reported last month that the department’s adjudication committee, led by Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Peter Modika, had manipulated tender processes… Continue reading North West Tender Declared Unlawful, Set Aside
Burkina Faso President Takes Russia-Africa Summit By Storm
Burkina Faso Interim President, Captain Ibrahim Traore, took the Russia-Africa Summit by storm when he denounced neocolonialism and implored fellow African leaders to stop defending Western puppets. He also called on the African Union to stop condemning Africans who decide to fight against their “own puppet regimes of the West”. Traore, 35, seized power in… Continue reading Burkina Faso President Takes Russia-Africa Summit By Storm
Why Africa Stands to Gain More From Russian Free Grain Following Black Sea Initiative
The media upheaval emerged in the aftermath of Russia’s withdrawal from the Black Sea Initiative, sounding the alarm on the looming food crisis, especially in vulnerable regions like Africa. But, was Africa merely a public relations (PR) pawn in the West’s strategy to corner Russia and sustain the initiative? Russia’s exit from the Black Sea… Continue reading Why Africa Stands to Gain More From Russian Free Grain Following Black Sea Initiative
African Farmers Set To Benefit From Digital Education Platform
One of Russia’s largest phosphate-based fertilizers producers, PhosaAgro, has launched a digital education platform for African farmers amid calls by African heads of state for President Putin’s government to transfer agricultural technology. Mikhail Sterkin, PhosAgro’s Deputy CEO for Sales, Marketing and Logistics, made the announcement at the on-going second Russia–Africa Summit and Economic and Humanitarian… Continue reading African Farmers Set To Benefit From Digital Education Platform
Putin Unveils Russia’s Africa Strategy
Russian President Vladimir Putin has unveiled his blueprint for Africa, vowing to help build infrastructure and energy projects, ensure food security and develop new trade routes to boost trade between his country and the continent. Addressing delegates to the second Russia-Africa Summit in St Petersburg on Thursday, Putin said Russia would provide six African countries… Continue reading Putin Unveils Russia’s Africa Strategy
African Leaders Urged to Speak With One Voice During Russia-Africa Summit
AFRICAN leaders have been urged to speak with one voice, pursue collective rather than individual interests, and work on obtaining concrete results during the Russia-Africa summit that begins in St Petersburg today. The second summit, which brings together heads of state and business leaders from Russia and Africa, follows the maiden gathering which took place… Continue reading African Leaders Urged to Speak With One Voice During Russia-Africa Summit
SIU Weighs In On R134M Ndhuna Tender
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has weighed in on the Ndhuna Civil Engineering Services’ controversial R134 million Khunotswana contract. It has requested all documents related to the tender as part of a planned investigation into fraud and corruption in the North West. In a letter sent to Vuisile Joba Dliso, the chairperson of the North… Continue reading SIU Weighs In On R134M Ndhuna Tender
Contractor Submitted Faulty Documents In R79M Tender
The North West Department of Public Works and Roads was advised to terminate a R47 million awarded to a contractor who had missed schedules before it ballooned to R79 million. This was after the contractor, Khosi Vuyo Logistics, submitted a “faulty” construction programme to the consulting engineers in February this year relating to the refurbishment… Continue reading Contractor Submitted Faulty Documents In R79M Tender